Reference

General Encyclopedias

Specialized Encyclopedias

|| About.com [not an encyclopedia, but encyclopedic in coverage] ||
|| Britannica.com [full text available in print and as a CD-ROM in the library] ||
|| Encyclopedia.com || || Infoplease || || Wikipedia ||
|| World Book Online ||

|| The Canadian Encyclopedia online

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|| The Catholic Encyclopedia ||
IMDb-The Internet Movie Database
|| Jam! The Canadian Music Encyclopedia ||
|| Mental Health: facts encyclopedia [refdesk.com] ||
Mystica: encyclopedia of the strange & paranormal
|| TechWeb TechEncyclopedia ||
|| Toonopedia (a history of Cartoons) ||
|| Webopedia [computer & Internet technology] ||

English Language Dictionaries

Specialized Dictionaries

|| Dictionary.com ||
|| The Dictionary of Difficult Words ||
|| Forthright's Phrontistery (unusual words) ||
|| Merriam-Webster On-Line [& Thesaurus] ||
|| RefDesk.com: Dictionaries etc. ||
|| Wordsmyth:dictionary & thesaurus |
|| Your Dictionary.com ||

ArtLex:art dictionary || Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
|| Education: ASCD Lexicon of Learning ||
|| English-French Online Dictionary ||
|| English to French, French to English Dictionary ||
|| French-English Dictionary ||
|| MedBioWorld:Medical & Science Dictionaries ||
|| MedTerms.com (medical dictionary) ||
|| On-line Medical Dictionary ||
|| Online Slang Dictionary ||
ODLIS: Dictionary of Library & Information Science

Other Reference Tools

Atlas: Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
Canada 411 [personal & business & toll free phone numbers]
Canada toll free numbers directory
Citations: a guide to making bibliographies and citing sources
Currency Converter ~~ Currency Converter (Yahoo!) ~~ ESTAT (Cdn stat's.)
Google maps ~~ GD Sourcing [Canadian statistics] ~~ InfoNation [world statistics by nation]
IPL: The Internet Public Library ~~ Maps ~~ Maps (world atlas)
Measurements Converter ~~ Metric conversion utility
Nationmaster.com [statistics] ~~ Occupational Outlook Handbook ~~ Pictures: UPI News Pictures
Postal codes & rates for Canada
Stats Canada [Canadian statistics] ~~ Statistics on the Internet ~~ Time of day
Translations: Google translate ~~ Translations: AltaVista
Weather--driving conditions--MB ~~ Local Weather ~~ YellowPages.ca

Library Catalogs Online
(local schools, Manitoba universities, public libraries, etc.)